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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Urs Lindegger, Contone, CH;
Liberto Gentile, Cadenazzo, CH;
Assignee:
Inventio AG, Hergisluk NW, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 1/34 ;
Abstract
A device for producing information related to a position of an elevator car in an elevator shaft includes a toothed belt having a plurality of teeth spaced along a length of the belt and mounted in an elevator shaft, an encoder mounted on the elevator car and having a toothed wheel for engaging the teeth, and guide rollers mounted on the elevator car and engaging the toothed belt to urge the plurality of teeth into engagement with the toothed wheel.